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Noun: Mayer  mey-u(r)
  1. United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)
    - Louis B. Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer
     
  2. United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972)
    - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Marie Goeppert Mayer

Type of: film maker, film producer, filmmaker, movie maker, nuclear physicist

Encyclopedia: Mayer, Oliver